Gift Giving Guy

After five years of part-time study, I’m just three classes away from finishing my MBA. Still, I could not resist buying MBA Degree in a Box. This novelty comes from those geniuses at mental_floss, the bimonthly trivia/humor magazine. The $14.95 tin box contains a mini-text of business trivia, lampooned buzzwords and funny management refreshers. Add in the business hero trading cards, the CEO case study cards, a business trivia final exam and my own rolled diploma (“with real Latin words”), and I’m ready to right the U.S. economy.

One of my favorite parts of the “Business School in 96 Pages” textbook is The Truth About Accounting:

If you went to a “real” business school — you know, the kind with “buildings” and “faculty” and so-called “accreditation” — you’d probably have to take an accounting class. You wouldn’t learn much, though, because you would spend most of the class either asleep, falling asleep, or trying not to fall asleep. So we’ll just condense everything you need to know about accounting into two sentences: Accounting is very dry but critically important. Hire an accountant to take care of it for you.

Mental_floss also offers Law School in a Box and Med School in a Box with similar satire. These novelty gifts will bring a smile to students or recent grads in business, law and medicine.